Show MOFFAT ROAD MAY MAYUSE MAYUSE MAYUSE USE THE RIO EIO GRANDE DENVER Nov No 21 A A lett letter r written by William G. G Evans vice president nt of the Denver North Northwestern estern railroad the Moffat road and addressed to 1 Moffat Iffa t president of the ro road rond d. d which was made public Is interpreted by many as Indicating more clearly the likelihood of the Moffat road using the Denver Rio Grance tracks to reach Salt Lake The letter speaks favorably fa of ot the tle suggestion suggestion sug sug- that the Moffat Motta t road build a cut off from Crested on Oi the Moffat road to Dotsero on the Rio Grande This has been spoken en of as a possibility many times but never before has It received anything anything- like official approval al until now Mr Evans refers reters approvingly also to the proposal to build a tunnel through the main maln range of th the from Tolland Tol Tol- land asserting that eighteen miles of distance could b bo done away with as aswell aswell well vell as a foot 2000 climb which Is gary eary now This tunnel Mr Evans says has been recommended by experts who estimate that it would cost Qt Q t approximately Should the Moffat officials decide to build the off cut to Dotsero In all aU probability probability ability the original plan to build a a. separate separate separate sep sep- arate Into Salt Lake would be abandoned abandoned aban aban- and the main Une of or the tho Moffat road ended somewhere In Routt county Colo Cob I |